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A shrunken fight for survival against blissful humans, animals and one vengeful scientist!

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Chapter #7

Opportunity From Above

    by: Unaccustomed Cucumber Author IconMail Icon
During the car ride, Caroline slipped her feet out of her crocs onto the car mat. You wait in silence, not daring to leave the stuffy confines of the shoe. You had no idea how long you'd be here for, climbing the aunt was probably your best shot at survival but if she left before you got there, you'd be screwed. Up above, you can hear the loud chewing of gummies and the crinkling bag getting smaller and smaller. Just as you were about to leave the shoe, You heard a heavy thud on the roof of the shoe.

Teetering over the edge of one of the holes was a bright green gummy bear that had fallen from the bag. If you could get it down here, maybe you could use it to get Caroline's attention, or, at the very least, feed yourself for the time being. You scour the bumpy insole for anything useful. After a few minutes, you come across a few pebbles embedded in the crater-like imprint of her big toe. Sliding down into the groove, you try not to imagine how easily her toe could crush you without her ever noticing. grabbing a couple of pebbles from the darkened rubber, you scramble back up to the edge of the shoe and aim. The first pebble misses entirely, the second hits the bear but it doesn't move. With the last pebble in your hand, you launch it as far as you can, the rock spirals into the lower part of the bear sending it off balance.

The gummy rocks back and forth each time growing more intense until it reaches a maximum. The gummy bear tumbles into the dark canopy of the shoe and lands with a wet thud onto the insole back in the toe crater.

Now that you have it, there can't be much time left before they get home, thinking quickly, you decide to...
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